Famous Fictitious London Residents Home » Life In London » Famous Fictitious London Residents Famous Fictitious London Residents Posted by William Wallace on Oct 4, 2009 in Life In London | 1 comment Famous fictitious London residents, I know with this article I’m going to shatter the dreams of many people, especially my American friends. It may come as a huge shock to some people that some of London’s most famous residents are nothing more than the imagination of a very talented writer. It may be a good idea for some of you to stop reading now, because it may be better for you not to know the truth, about some of London’s best known and loved characters. Famous Fictitious London Residents Ebenezer Scrooge Charles Dickens Classic tale, “A Christmas Carol”, which was written in 1843 and who’s main character is of course Ebenezer Scrooge. In the book it says Scrooge lives in London. Even though I have known a few people that could have been related to Scrooge, he however was nothing more than a figment of the brilliant mind of Charles Dickens. Sorry everybody that also means the Ghost of Christmas past wasn’t real either.

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes the super sleuth, is a fictional character created by Arthur Conan Doyle, who first appeared in print in 1887. What confuses many people is that Doyle actually used a real address for Sherlock Holmes address, 221b Baker street, London. Sherlock Holmes gets thousands of letters every year from people trying to contact him. He would only be around 160 years old if he was ever a real person. So if you are still waiting to find out if Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are going to solve your case, try writing a another letter, he obviously never received your first one. James Bond Commander James Bond 007, MI6 secret service agent was born to a Scottish father and a Swiss mother, and is portrayed as an agent residing in London. The James Bond character was first created by the writer Ian Fleming in 1952. I know it is a dark moment for many people to find out that James Bond is nothing more that a character in a book.

Sweeny Todd Sweeny Tood the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, first appeared in 1846 as a secondary character in a short story called “The String of Pearls – A Romance” by Thomas Prest. A playwright called George Dibdin Pitt, who was renowned for filching other peoples stories, reworked the story for theatre and advertised it as founded on fact. It is not knowing whether Sweeny Todd truly did or did not exist, but there is a possibility that there was a demon barber in London during the 19th century that killed his customers for there money. As was common in Victorian times, stories would end up becoming hugely embellished to satisfy the publics morbid fascination for such stories. But in all probability Sweeny Todd was created as a story to thrill audiences, much like the movies of today. Paddington Bear I know it is going to be heart breaking for many people out there, but Paddington Bear was never real, he never existed. Writer Michael Bond came about the idea for Paddington Bear, when he noticed a lone teddy bear sitting on a shelf in a London shop near Paddington Station on Christmas Eve 1956.

He bought the teddy bear for his wife and the idea for the story of Paddington Bear was created. Paddington Bear originally came from Darkest Peru, but after stowing away on a ship, he was found at Paddington Station by Mr & Mrs Brown who ended up taking him home to live with them at 32 Windsor Gardens in London, with their two children. There we have it London’s most famous fictitious residents, I only wish I could add buffoon Mayor Boris Johnson to this list, but alas that joker is unfortunately for real. Related posts: List of the addresses of fictional characters Donate to Wikibin List of the addresses of fictional characters This is a list of the addresses of fictional characters, from various media such as television, literature, or film.

1 *13 Rue del Percebe (comic of same name by Francisco Ibanez) A * Abbott family (Bless This House) - Birch Avenue, Putney, UK * The Addams Family - Cemetery Ridge, USA * Alexander, Susan (Citizen Kane) - 185 West 74th Street, New York, New York * Anderson family (Father Knows Best) - 607 South Maple Street, USA * Larry Appleton and his cousin Balki Bartokomous (Perfect Strangers) - 711 Calhoun Street, Chicago, Illinois * Jon Arbuckle and his pets (Garfield) - alternately 711 Maple Street, USA (comic strip) or 357 Shady Grove Lane, USA (TV series) * Lew Archer's office (series of novels) - 8411 1/2 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California * Avengers Mansion Headquarters of the Avengers - 890 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City B * Barone family (Everybody Loves Raymond) - 320 Fowler Street, Lynbrook, New York (Long Island) * Batman - Wayne Manor, Gotham City, USA * Baxter family (Hazel) -

 123 Marshall Road, Hydsberg, New York * Mr.

Bear & others (comic strip Achewood) - 62 Achewood Court * Mr Benn - 52 Festive Road, Putney, London, UK * Frank Black and Family (Millennium) - 1910 Ezekiel Drive, Seattle, WA * Sirius Black (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) - 12 Grimmauld Place, London, UK * Leopold Bloom - 7 Eccles St.

* Elwood Blues (The Blues Brothers) - 1060 West Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois (Wrigley Field) (according to his driver's license) * Charlie Bone and family (Children of the Red King) - Number 9 Filbert Street * Ed and Christopher Boone (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) - 36 Randolph Street, Swindon * Boswell family (Bread) - 30 Kelsall Street, Liverpool * The Bower Agency (Who's the Boss?) - 323 East 57th Street, New York, New York * Bower family (Who's the Boss?) - 3344 Oak Hills Drive, Fairfield, Connecticut * The Brady Bunch - 4222 Clinton Way, Los Angeles, California * Emmett Brown (Back to the Future) - 1640 Riverside Drive, Hill Valley, California * Hyacinth Bucket (Keeping Up Appearances) - Blossom Avenue, UK * Bueller family (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) - 164 North Dutton Street, Santa Monica, CA (This is in the 1990 NBC sitcom.

In the original film, the Buellers lived in Shermer, Illinois, also the setting for The Breakfast Club and, possibly, the homes of Neal Page from Planes, Trains and Automobiles and the McAllister family from Home Alone, all films directed by John Hughes.) * Phoebe Buffay (Friends) - 5 Morton St. Apt. 14. New York City New York (Manhattan) USA * Bundy family (Married...

with Children) - 9764 Jeopardy Lane, Chicago, Illinois * Bunker family (All in the Family) - 704 Hauser Street, New York City, New York (Astoria, Queens) * Burber family - 9 Chickweed Lane (daily comic strip of the same name) * Bureau de l'Invisible (French novel series) - 28 Crawford Street, a corner away from Baker Street in London * Montgomery Burns (The Simpsons) - 1000 Mammon Lane, Springfield, USA C * Minnie Caldwell (Coronation Street) - 15 Jubilee Terrace until 1962, then 5 Coronation Street, Weatherfield, Greater Manchester, UK * Carey, Drew (The Drew Carey Show) - 720 Sedgewick, Cleveland, Ohio * Blake Carrington (Dynasty) - 173 Essex Drive, Denver, CO * Cheers - 112 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts. (This is the address given on the show, though the Bull & Finch Pub, the real-life basis for the bar, is at 84 Beacon Street.

This may have been an attempt to keep fan letters from going to the real-life counterpart.) * Clampett family (Beverly Hillbillies) - 518 Crestview Drive, Beverly Hills, California * Joan Clayton (Girlfriends) - 700 block of North Wilton Place, Los Angeles, California * Cleaver family (Leave it to Beaver) - 485 Maple Street (later 211 Pine Street), Mayfield, USA * The Colbys - Belvedere Mansion, Los Angeles, California * Conner family (Roseanne) - 714 Delaware, Lanford IL * Dr.

Frasier Crane and Martin Crane - Apartment 1901, Elliott Bay Towers, Seattle, Washington * Cunningham family (Happy Days) - 565 North Clinton Drive, Milwaukee, WI D * Darcy, Fitzwilliam (Pride and Prejudice) - Pemberley, Derbyshire, England * Dethklok (Metalocalypse) - Mordhaus, exact location unknown * Blanche Devereaux, who owns the house and rents rooms to Dorothy Zbornak, Rose Nylund, and Sophia Petrillo, (The Golden Girls) - 6151 Richmond Street, Miami, Florida *The Doctor, (Doctor Who comic strip and Virgin New Adventures) - Smithwood Manor, Allen Road, Kent, England * Dolittle, Dr. John (Doctor Dolittle series of books) - Oxenthorpe Road, Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, Slopshire, England * Donald Duck - 1313 Webfoot Walk, Duckburg, Calisota * Dursley family (Harry Potter books) - 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey, UK *Durden, Tyler (Fight Club) - 420 Paper St.

Wilmington, DE 19886 E * Lord Emsworth (novels of P. G. Wodehouse) - Blandings Castle, Shropshire *The Evans family (Good Times) -321 North Gilbert, Chicago, IL * Ewing family (Dallas) - Southfork Ranch, Braddock County, Texas, USA F * The Fantastic Four - The Baxter Building, New York, New York.

* Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers) - Fawlty Towers Hotel, Torquay, Torbay, UK * The Flanders family (The Simpsons) - 740 Evergreen Terrace * Jessica Fletcher (Murder, She Wrote) - 698 Candlewood Lane, Cabot Cove, ME * Phileas Fogg - 7 Savile Row, Burlington Gardens, London, UK * The Funnies (Doug) - 21 Jumbo Street, Bluffington, USA G * Monica Geller, first with Phoebe Buffay, then Rachel Green, finally with Chandler Bing (Friends) - 425 Grove Street, Apartment 20, New York, New York (Chandler and Joey Tribbiani, later Joey and Rachel, lived in Apartment 19; the actual building is at 90 Bedford Street, on the corner of Grove) * Griffin family (Family Guy) - 31 Spooner Street, Quahog, Rhode Island * From the Goon comic book series - Lonely Street, home to the Priest and his hordes of zombies H * The Halliwell Manor (Charmed) - 1329 Prescott Street, San Francisco, California

 (The actual manor is located at 1329 Carroll Ave, Los Angeles, California, in the famous Echo Park neighborhood.) * Tony Hancock (Hancock's Half Hour) - 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam * Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, DSO (novels of John Buchan) - Fosse Manor, Oxfordshire * Harper family (Mama's Family) - 1 Old Decatur Road, Raytown, USA * Hatcher family (Judy Blume's "Fudge" books) - 25 West 68th Street, New York, New York * Doug and Carrie Heffernan; Arthur Spooner (The King of Queens) - 3223 Aberdeen Avenue, Rego Park, New York * Earl and Randy Hickey - Room 231, The Palms Motel, 9005 Lincoln Blvd, Camden, USA * Hank and Peggy Hill (King of the Hill) - 84 Rainey Street, Arlen, TX, 78054 (The zip code is actually for Beeville, TX) * Sherlock Holmes - 221B Baker Street, London, UK * Huxtable family

 (The Cosby Show) - 10 Stigwood Avenue, New York City (Brooklyn) I * Uncle Fred, The Earl of Ickenham (novels of P.

G. Wodehouse) - Ickenham Hall, Ickenham, Hants, UK J *Justice Inc. and the Avenger - No. 1 Bleek Street K * Clark Kent (Superman) - 344 Clinton St., Apt. 3B, Metropolis, USA (later 1938 Sullivan Lane, Metropolis) * Eugene Krabs (SpongeBob SquarePants) - 3541 Anchor Way, Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean * Kramden family (The Honeymooners) - 328 1/2 Chauncey Street, Brooklyn, New York L * Lane family (The Patty Duke Show) - 8 Remsen Drive, Brooklyn Heights New York City, New York, USA * Laverne & Shirley - 730 Knapp Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Lawrence family (Gidget) - 803 N.

Dutton Drive, California, USA * Leopold Bloom (Ulysses) - 7 Eccles St., Dublin 7, Ireland M * Magnum, P.I., Robin's Nest - 11435 18th Avenue, Oahu, HI * Miss Marple - Danemead, High Street, St Mary Mead * Victor Meldrew, 19 Riverbank, UK * Mindy McConnell and Mork (Mork and Mindy) - 1619 Pine Street, Boulder, Colorado * Fibber McGee and Molly (his wife) - 79 Wistful Vista, USA. * Travis McGee - Slip F-18 at Bahia Mar Marina - docking place of houseboat; this was a real address, although it has since been demolished according to Spider Robinson: a photo of him sitting at the base of the dedication plaque to McGee at the slip (as described in Robinson's novel Callahan's Key) may be found on this page ) * Daria Morgendorffer (Daria) - 1111 Glen Oaks Lane, Lawndale USA * Fox Mulder (The X-Files) - 2630 Hegal Place, Apt.

42, Alexandria, Virginia, 23242 * The Munsters - 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Mockingbird Heights, USA. There is however a Mockingbird Lane in South Pasadena, California. N * Nelson family (I Dream of Jeannie) - 1020 Palm Drive, Cocoa Beach, FL * Navidson Family (House of Leaves) - Succoth and Ash Tree Lane * Newman (Seinfeld) - Apartment 5E, 129 West 81st Street, New York, New York O * Stan & Hilda Ogden (Coronation Street) - 13 Coronation Street, Weatherfield, Greater Manchester, UK * Oscar and Felix (The Odd Couple) - 1049 Park Avenue, New York, New York * Owens family (Mr.

Belvedere) - 200 Spring Valley Road, Beaver Falls, PA P * Paddington Bear - 32 Windsor Gardens, London * The Partridge Family - 698 Sycamore Road, San Pueblo, CA * Reginald Iolanthe Perrin (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin) - 12 Coleridge Close, Climthorpe, London, UK * Adrianna Pennino (Rocky) - 1818 Tusculum St, Philadelphia, PA 19134-3416 * Petrie family (The Dick Van Dyke Show) - 448 Bonnie Meadow Road, New Rochelle, New York. Their next-door neighbors are Dr. Jerry Helper (a dentist), his wife Millie and their children. * Petrillo family (The Golden Girls) - 6151 Richmond Street, Miami Beach, Florida * Phil's Bar & Grill (Murphy Brown) - 1595 I Street NW, Washington, D.C.

(Usually written as "EYE Street" to differentiate it from 1st Street, listed as "FIRST" on street signs) * Pickle and Lamb families (Cloudstreet) - 1 Cloud Street, West Leederville, Perth, Western Australia * Hercule Poirot - Apt. 56B, Whitehaven Mansions, Sandhurst Square, London W1, UK. * Solar Pons - 71B Praed Street, London, UK * Post family (Mr.

Ed) - 17230 Valley Road, USA * Harry Potter - The cupboard under the Stairs, 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey (later moved to normal bedroom, as Dursley family, above) * Screech Powers (Saved by the Bell) - 88 Edgemont, Palisades, California R * Ricardo family (I Love Lucy) - Apartment 4A (later 3D), 623 East 68th Street, New York, New York * Mary Richards (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) - Apartment D, 119 North Weatherly Avenue, Minneapolis, MN * Jim Rockford (The Rockford Files) - 2354 Pacific Coast Highway, California, USA * Rush family (Keep it in the Family) - Highgate Avenue, Highgate S * Fred G. and Lamont Sanford (Sanford and Son) - 9114 S. Central Ave., Watts, Los Angeles, California. * Doc Savage - 86th floor of "the skyscraper" (implicitly the Empire State Building), New York, New York. He also resided in a Fortress of Solitude at the North Pole ...

presumably sharing this space with Superman and Santa Claus! * Dana Scully (The X-Files) - 3170 W. 53 Rd. #35, Annapolis, Maryland * Lynette Scavo and her family (Desperate Housewives) - 4355 Wisteria Lane, Fairview, Eagle State * Seaver family (Growing Pains) - 15 Robin Hood Lane, USA (later specified as Huntington, Long Island, New York) * Jerry Seinfeld - Apartment 5A, 129 West 81st Street, New York, New York (The actual address of that apartment is 757 S. New Hampshire Ave. in Los Angeles, 1 block south of Wilshire Bl.) *Angelica Serralde (Blue Demon Jr., el Legado) - Heriberto Frias 15, Mexico City.

* Sethe (main character of Toni Morrison's Beloved) - 124 Bluestone Road, Cincinnati, OH * Ena Sharples (Coronation Street) - Glad Tidings Mission, 16 Coronation Street, Weatherfield, Greater Manchester, UK * The Simpsons - 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, USA **15201 Maple Systems Road, Cypress Creek, USA (You Only Move Twice ) * Soprano family (The Sopranos); 633 Stag Trail Road in North Caldwell, New Jersey, USA * SpongeBob SquarePants - 124 Conch Street, Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean * Sabrina Spellman (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch) - 133 Collins Road, in the fictional town of Westbridge, USA * Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants) - 120 Conch Street, Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean * Steadman family (Thirtysomething) - 1710 Bryn Mawr Avenue, Philadelphia, PA * Stephens family (Bewitched) - 1164 Morning Glory Circle, Westport, CT * Harold and Albert Steptoe (Ste

ptoe and Son) - 24 Oil Drum Lane, Shepherd's Bush, UK.

* Stone family (The Donna Reed Show) - 4-3926 Hillsdale *Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum -177A Bleecker Street in New York's Greenwich Village * Sugarbaker Design Firm (Designing Women) - 1521 Sycamore, Atlanta, GA * Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) - 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale, CA * Superman and Lois Lane - 1938 Sulivan Lane, Metropolis, USA (in recent/current comics; 1938 being a tribute to the year of the character's comic book debut) T * Tanner family (ALF) - 167 Hemdale Street, Los Angeles, California * Tanner family (Full House) - 1882 Gerard Street, San Francisco, California * Albert Tatlock (Coronation Street) - 1 Coronation Street, Weatherfield, Greater Manchester, UK * Taylor family (The Andy Griffith Show) - 322 Maple, Mayberry, North Carolina * Taylor family (Home Improvement) - 510 Glenview, Detroit, Michigan * Tenenbaum family (The Royal Tenenbaums) - 11

1 Archer Avenue, New York City, New York * Squidward Tentacles (SpongeBob SquarePants) - 122 Conch Street, Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean * Eric Thursley (Faust Eric) - 13 Midden Lane, Pseudopolis, Sto Plains, The Discworld, On top of Great A'tuin, The Univers, Space.

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More Space * Aunt Dahlia, Mrs Travers (Jeeves and Wooster) - 47 Charles Street, Mayfair, London; Brinkley Court, Brinkley-cum-Snodsfield-in-the-Marsh, near Market Snodsbury, Worcs * Tripper, Jack (Three's Company) - 834 Ocean Vista Avenue #201, Santa Monica, California, USA * Trotter family (Only Fools and Horses) - Nelson Mandela House, Peckham, London * Joy and Darnell Turner (My Name Is Earl) - Pimmit Hills Trailer Park, Space C-13, Camden, USA * Jackie and Rose Tyler (Doctor Who) - Flat 48, Bucknall House, Powell Estate, London V * Vimes family (Discworld novels) - Ramkin Manor, Scoone Avenue, Ankh-Morpork W * Wallace and Gromit - 62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan, Lancs * Walsh family (Beverly Hills 90210) - 933 Hillcrest Drive, Beverly Hills, California * Waluigi (Mario Power Tennis) - 12 Grimace Lane, Mushroom Kingdom *

 Bruce Wayne (Batman) - Wayne Manor, outside Gotham City (exact location unknown) * Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, home and business of Fred and George Weasley - 93 Diagon Alley, London * Wilkerson family ( Malcolm in the Middle ) - 12334 Maple Blvd.

* Lord Peter Wimsey - 110a Piccadilly, London * Charles Emerson Winchester III (') - 16 Briarcliff Lane, Boston. "Yes, yes, Massachusetts." (Though a remark by Colonel Flagg suggests the Winchester family actually lives in suburban Wellesley.) * Sandy Winfield II and Kenny Madison - Surfside 6, Miami Beach address of detective agency set on a houseboat. * Winslow family (Family Matters) - 263 Pinehurst, Chicago, Illinois * Nero Wolfe - 454 West 35th Street, New York, New York ; also described in some of the novels as simply West 35th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues, that location is the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel.

X * Xavier Institute for Higher Learning (X-Men) - 1407 Graymalkin Lane, Salem Center, New York Z Paddington Bear: 13 things you didn't know - Telegraph Film news Paddington Bear: 13 things you didn't know As Paddington Bear prepares for his big-screen debut, we find out why there's more to him than marmalade and duffle coats Paddington: the children's literary favourite has a well-publicised marmalade habit By Alice Vincent , Entertainment Writer 8:00AM BST 10 Jun 2014 1. You'll never be able to find Paddington's address Windsor Gardens in west London: the disappointing real deal (Google) Paddington's address, 32 Windsor Gardens in Notting Hill, does not exist in real life. Author Michael Bond amalgamated his parents' address at Winser Drive, Reading, with his own in Arundel Gardens. Tourists who descend upon the real-life Windsor Gardens in west London are often disappointed to find a street of council flats and no number 32. 2.

Paddington might never have existed if Michael Bond had done his Christmas shopping earlier Before his fictional version appeared on page, Paddington existed as a real teddy bear. Bond saw it "left on a shelf in a London shop and felt sorry for it" on Christmas Eve 1956, and took it home as a present for his wife Brenda. The couple were living near Paddington Station at the time, so Bond named the bear Paddington and started to write stories about it, "more for fun than with the idea of having them published. After 10 days I found that I had a book on my hands. It wasn’t written specifically for children, but I think I put into it the kind of things I liked reading about when I was young." Related Articles 10 Jun 2014 3. Paddington only arrived in England with his hat Although most will associate the bear with his sensible uniform of hat, coat and boots, the latter two garments arrived in England after he did. Paddington was given his blue duffle coat by The Browns shortly after they took him home from Paddington Station, and he received the boots for Christmas in the 1964 book Paddington Marches On.

As for his old bush hat, that belonged to Paddington's uncle Pastuzo. 4. Jeremy Clarkson was the first person to have a Paddington Bear toy Jeremy Clarkson's childhood home in Doncaster, where the Paddington Bears were first created (Jackson Stopps & Staff) Aside from the original, of course. Clarkson's parents, Shirley and Eddie, ran a small design business called Gabrielle Designs. In 1972, Shirley made a prototype for the first Paddington Bear stuffed toy in the house pictured above and gave it to Jeremy, then 12, and his sister Joanna for Christmas. These early bears are now considered collectors' items as all of them were handmade in a small factory, latterly known as the Bear Garden, in Doncaster. However, hardcore Paddington fans may want to go a step further and buy the house in which the toys were first created - it's currently on the market . 5. The demand for Paddington Bears was too much for Wellington boot producers to handle The earliest Paddington Bear toys were dressed in childrens' Dunlop wellies to ensure they stood up straight.

However, Gabrielle designs had to produce their own boots - complete with paw prints moulded into the soles - after Dunlop struggled to keep up. By 1978, Gabrielle Designs were reaching the peak of their demand, having sold 87,000 in that year alone. 6. Paddington Bear is based on the Spectacled Bear The Spectacled Bear - why Paddington hails from Peru It's surprising that the earnest little chap wasn't given glasses. Bond wanted to Paddington to have "travelled all the way from darkest Africa", but was advised by his agent to change his country of origin due to the lack of bears in Africa. Instead, he picked Peru - home to the Spectacled Bear. Paddington later reveals that his Peruvian name is Pastuso, although he was relucant to reveal this at first for fear that nobody would be able to pronounce it. 7. Paddington has always been a fan of cultural exchange In 1994, a Paddington Bear stuffed toy was chosen by English tunnellers as the first item to pass through the Channel Tunnel to their French counterparts when the two sides were linked up. 8.

Paddington shares his voice with Badger and Watson Badger from the Eighties TV series The Wind in the Willows (and the 1989 spin-off, Oh! Mr Toad), and the older version of Watson in the 1985 Chris Columbus film, The Young Sherlock Holmes, were both voiced by Sir Michael Hordern, the actor who voiced Paddington in all 56 episodes of the bear's original TV series. 9. Moving away from marmalade proved messy Or at least it did in 2007, when the sandwich-loving bear switched to Marmite in an attempt "to try something different". The results were disasterous, although presumably not for Marmite - the advert has been viewed nearly 90,000 times on YouTube. 10. Although Paddington has been involved in more unfortunate events In 2006, all the trout in a New Hampshire hatchery were found dead; the cause was a Paddington Bear toy blocking a pipe, causing the fish to be starved of oxygen. 11.

And he caused a political scandal Mick Young, a cabinet minister in Australian PM Bob Hawke's government, was forced to resign in 1986 after failing to declare the contents of his wife's luggage at customs. The bag he tried to avoid paying duty on included perfume, dolls, handbags, and a large Paddington Bear. The scandal became known as "The Paddington Bear affair". 12. Google loves Paddington Paddington Bear is celebrated in a 2008 Google Doodle The search engine dedicated a Doodle to the bear on 13 October, 2008, to mark his 50th birthday. Paddington was also brought up-to-date by Bond in Paddington Here and Now, which was published a few months earlier and put Paddington in the middle of the immigration debate. Although Paddington was never arrested, there was "a bit of a kerfuffle" when he was taken in for questioning by the police. There was, of course, a happy ending, but Bond used the book as an opportunity to explain: "a side of Paddington the Browns don't really understand at all: what it's like to be a refugee, not to be in your own country." 13.

Beware the Pirate Paddington Bears The Gabrielle Designs advert against counterfeit Paddingtons in 1975 By 1975, Paddington Bear fever had reached such an intensity that pirate Paddingtons had become a problem. Eddie and Shirley Clarkson issued warning letters, legal correspondence and even an advert, pictured above, in the British Toy Magazine in an attempt to combat imitation bears. Shirley wrote in her book, Bearly Believable: My Part in the Paddington Bear story: "The problem was widespread. There were little old ladies with arthritis knitting just one bear for the church bazaar on one hand, and on the other hand a large Jack the Lad toy manufacturer in Blackbook dressing cheap fairgound bears in duffle coats with boots made from oil-cloth. We made no distinction". Paddington Bear | Literawiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Origins Statue of Paddington Bear at Paddington train station, London. Michael Bond was inspired to write what would become the first chapter of the 1958 book A Bear Called Paddington by a toy bear which he had bought on London's Portobello Road as a Christmas present for his wife.

He named the bear Paddington after the nearby London train station which he could see from his apartment. Bond says of the toy bear, "In no time at all, he became part of the family. In fact, for a long time he was the family and was treated as such; joining us at meal times, sharing our holidays, occasionally interrupting our conversations". [1] Bond has said that he had not yet read the stories about Winnie-the-Pooh when he began to write about Paddington. He was, however aware that Pooh loved honey. In order to make his bear different, Bond decided that Paddington's favorite food would be marmalade. [2] Fictional character biography The bear who would later come to be known as Paddington was born in "Darkest Peru". He was raised by his Aunt Lucy, his only known living relative apart from his Uncle Pastuzo. [3] Aunt Lucy always encouraged her nephew to emigrate when he was old enough and taught him English for that reason. After his Aunt Lucy went to live in a home for retired bears in Lima, the young bear stowed away on a ship bound for England.

He spent the entire journey in a lifeboat, living off one jar of marmalade. The only other possessions he brought with him were one suitcase, containing a photograph of his Aunt Lucy and a few Peruvian coins, and an old hat which he always wore that had once belonged to his uncle. While at London's Paddington station to meet the train bringing their daughter Judy home from school, Mr. and Mrs. Brown noticed the young bear. Having found out that he did not know anybody in London and had nowhere to stay, the Browns invited Paddington to stay with them for a few days. When the bear told her that nobody could understand his Peruvian name, Mrs. Brown renamed him Paddington after the train station where they found him. The Browns soon decided to allow Paddington to stay with them forever. He shares their home at 32 Windsor Gardens with their children Jonathan and Judy and their housekeeper Mrs. Bird. Although she has a reputation for being fierce and sometimes gets annoyed with Paddington's attempts to help her that go wrong, Mrs. Bird is very fond of Paddington and is protective towards him. Novels about Paddington and other merchandise featuring the character are on sale at Paddington train station, London.

Soon after arriving in England, Paddington was given his famous blue duffel coat. He later acquired a pair of Wellington boots too. [4] Paddington often carries all of his possessions with him in his suitcase. He also uses his suitcase to carry the marmalade sandwiches which are his favorite food. While shopping on the Portobello Road, Paddington met the antiques dealer Mr. Gruber, a man originally from Hungary who had spent time in South America when he was younger. He soon became Paddington's good friend and they spend many happy hours together chatting and drinking hot chocolate. Paddington also has an enemy in the form of the Browns' bad tempered neighbor Mr. Curry, one of the few people who is not able to laugh off the mishaps which the bear causes. Paddington is naturally friendly and very polite. One of the reasons why he always wears a hat is so that he can raise it in greeting if he sees somebody he knows. However, if he feels that people are being rude or condescending towards him, Paddington fixes them with a stare which makes them feel extremely uncomfortable. Paddington has good intentions in almost everything he does and often tries to put right something he perceives as wrong.

However, he is rather naive and often misunderstands the situation. As a small bear, he also has some physical difficulty in living in the human world, which makes him appear clumsy. As a result, Paddington frequently causes trouble for himself and those around him. However, Paddington rarely ends up in any real difficulty. The accidents which Paddington causes often have unintended positive consequences or can at least be laughed off by those affected by them. Notes and references Famous Fictional Addresses (Clickable) Quiz - By pleasebecool Wayne Manor, Gotham City, USA 12 Grimmauld Place, London, UK 1060 West Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois (Wrigley Field) 36 Randolph Street, Swindon 5 Morton St. Apt. 14. New York City New York Pemberley, Derbyshire, England Oxenthorpe Road, Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, Slopshire, England 420 Paper St.

Wilmington, DE 19886 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey, UK 1313 Webfoot Walk, Duckburg, Calisota The Baxter Building, New York, New York 31 Spooner Street, Quahog, Rhode Island 221B Baker Street, London, UK 344 Clinton St., Apt. 3B, Metropolis, USA 3541 Anchor Way, Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean 32 Windsor Gardens, London 4355 Wisteria Lane, Fairview, Eagle State 633 Stag Trail Road in North Caldwell, New Jersey 120 Conch Street, Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale, CA Flat 48, Bucknall House, Powell Estate, London 62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan, Lancs Inside the Colorful House from the "Paddington" Movie Are you hooked? Take my quiz to find out. If you love houses as much as I do, then I bet you can't click just one!

- Julia 5.20.15 Inside the Colorful House from the “Paddington” Movie Raise your hand if you saw the movie Paddington and thought the Brown family’s house in London was as charming as the bear himself! Let’s take a closer look at the colorful and creative sets they designed for the film and all the fun vintage details they decorated them with. The Set Design in “Paddington” After an earthquake destroyed his home in the Peruvian rainforest, a young bear (voiced by Ben Whishaw) makes his way to England in search of a new life. The Brown family takes him into their home at Windsor Gardens and names him Paddington after the London train station where they found him. According to Movie Locations , “It’s implied that the Browns live in Notting Hill, but their pleasant home, on ‘Windsor Gardens,’ is in an even posher area. It’s 30 Chalcot Crescent, Primrose Hill, NW1, just north of Regent’s Park.” They live at “32 Windsor Gardens,” and their nosy next-door neighbor is Peter Capaldi, also known as the current Doctor on “Dr.

Who.” Set designers commissioned a stained-glass transom window with the #32 to go above the front door: When Paddington walks into the house for the first time, he’s in awe of the two-story mural of a blossoming cherry tree that winds its way up the spiral staircase (and so are we!): According to 3 Story Magazine : “The interior was built on a set at Elstree Studios. The aim was to create ‘a heightened reality,’ says production designer Gary Williamson — a place where a talking bear would feel right at home.” The filmmakers wanted to be true to Paddington’s era. The first book by author Michael Bond was published in 1956, and you’ll notice some of the mid-century influences in the house, but they wanted it to be a modern-day story. Mary Brown is an artist, and her creativity is evident throughout the house. According to 3 Story Magazine , “Much of the art used was borrowed from artist friends of the set designers, or created for the film. Some of it is hung at deliberately kooky angles to drive home the idea of family and fun.” Production Designer Gary Williamson explains that each character was given a color motif for their rooms and wardrobe.

For instance, Mary Brown (played by Sally Hawkins) wears red and has a red bedroom, which visually connects her to Paddington’s famous red hat. The headboard is upholstered to match: Daughter Judy’s color is blue. Her room has a wall covered in photos and magazine clippings: Son Jonathan has an outer space theme in his, and his color is red like his mother’s: The upstairs landing: Paddington tries to wash up in the bathroom — unsupervised — and chaos ensues. The scene ends with him taking what looks like a fun ride down the spiral staircase in the clawfoot tub. Did you know Colin Firth was originally the voice of Paddington? He left late into the project and they had to scramble to find a replacement. You can read about it on Entertainment Weekly . Paddington has a room in the attic, complete with a classic round window: There’s a dollhouse in the attic that looks a lot like their house, round window included: It opens to reveal what is going on in each room of the house at that moment. Loved that!

Looking down the spiral staircase from the third story: Henry’s library looks fairly serious with blue walls and bookshelves, except for the carousel horse in the middle of the room. You get the feeling that was Mary’s idea! Henry Brown (played by Hugh Bonneville) takes longer to warm to the bear, and his conservative nature is reflected in the blue of his office and wardrobe, Gary Williamson explains. Some of the sets are so bright and fun, they look like cartoons or illustrations brought to life. The kitchen is colorful, too, with pale blue and white cabinets, yellow countertops and tile, and orange accents: Julie Walters plays Mrs. Bird (I’ve loved her since seeing her in the movie Educating Rita years ago). Toward the end of the movie, we get a quick glimpse of the opposite side of the kitchen: The tree mural was originally supposed to be a beech tree as a nod to the jungles of Peru where Paddington came from, and it was going to be black and white. Williamson suggested they paint a cherry tree instead.

Director Paul King used CGI technology to have it reflect what was happening in the story, like when Paddington leaves and the family is sad: According to West End Extra , “Instead of returning to Westbourne Grove, where his fictional home of Windsor Gardens was believed to be set, production company Marmalade Films opted for picturesque Primrose Hill in neighbouring Camden.” I found this old photo taken of the Primrose Hill houses about 50 years ago: And here’s a production photo that shows them shooting the snow scene in the street: When we see it in the movie, the blue house has a round window and green door it doesn’t have in real life:

Question: Which fictional character lives at '32 Windsor Gardens, London'?
Answer: 'PADDINGTON BEAR'